Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa
Director Abby Ginzberg
Countries United States
Duration 85 min
Synopsis
Albie Sachs, imprisoned in solitary confinement and forced into a 24-year exile by the apartheid regime had his right arm blown off by a car bomb placed by South African security forces. Returning to his home country, he was appointed by President Nelson Mandela as one of the first 11 judges to the new Constitutional Court. Rejecting revenge, Sachs has become a leading advocate for democracy and reconciliation across the globe.
Albie Sachs, imprisoned in solitary confinement and forced into a 24-year exile by the apartheid regime had his right arm blown off by a car bomb placed by South African security forces. Returning to his home country, he was appointed by President Nelson Mandela as one of the first 11 judges to the new Constitutional Court. Rejecting revenge, Sachs has become a leading advocate for democracy and reconciliation across the globe.